Coach Bainter

Athletes who actually get faster don’t just train hard They train smart with a real speed day like this This is the exact structure I’ve used for over a decade to turn average athletes into explosive ones Save this. Run it 1–2x per week It works, go execute it 👇

@TenthRegion As a coach this should be a huge red flag.

Paris High School is taking a unique approach to hiring their next boys basketball coach. The top two candidates (unnamed) will have a public “listening and questioning” session on Tuesday.

Biggest compliment I get from my students, “Coach, the dynamic prep and prehab is always the worst part.” 🤣🤣🤣 Yes, yes it is. It is intentional because preparing to train properly is so much more important than the actual lift.

1991 Chicago Bulls lifting on game day 😤 Back when most thought it was crazy. The Bulls knew better: morning weights kept them strong, physical, and fresh through the long season + playoffs. MJ & Scottie didn’t skip it. Neither should you. In-season lifting = non-negotiable

Is Western Illinois failing to hire Brad Underwood when it had the chance the biggest “what if” in west-central Illinois sports history?

From Metamora to Madness: Cooper Koch is writing his own Iowa story; and its starting to look like his dad’s: bustingbrackets.com/cooper-koch-is…

@cartergreports @JusSayinShit1 So are we now just considering them a private school?

𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑰𝑵: East St. Louis is moving up to 4A for the 2026–27 boys basketball season after winning state, per sources. The Flyers are expected to make the jump and compete at the highest level next season. #IHSA

Thad Matta dreamed of being the head coach at Hoopeston High School. He settled for 21 seasons as a college head coach 😊 The Journey spotlighted the recently retired and former @OhioStateHoops coach's legendary prep career in this 2013 segment 👇

@NestoHoops @JusSayinShit1 Marshall was 2A in the 2 class system but is 1A in the 4 class system. 🤔

🏀🏆 1A State Champions - Marshall Commandos 🏆🏀 24-10 on the season 1,800th win All-Time

@michaelsobrien @wmixsports Chicago Marshall was 2A in the 2 class system. 🤔

Imagine trying to explain to someone that this is Peoria Manual's first Class 2A state championship but they have won four AA championships.

Remember RB Curtis Enis? He’s now an Ohio HS basketball ref who hasn’t been skipping arm day. (Via @Fritz_dacat)

@LootenitDan @HaterReport Let Jordan play in a league with no hand checking.

@HaterReport Michael Jordan would be an average player in the NBA today

Michael Jordan did this and got a deal with Gatorade and a theme song

Updating a popular tweet from a few years ago... Can we put "Pistol" Pete Maravich's NCAA Division I men's scoring record in perspective? He scored 3,667 points in 83 games over 3 years. If you took the nation's top 83 Division I men's basketball single-game scoring performances in the last 3 years (2023-24, 2024-25 & 2025-26), you'd have a combined 3,529 total points.

@horras_drew @ChrisDuerr @tannerfreiburg But yet the farthest south 1A super sectional is in Jacksonville. lol

@tannerfreiburg @ChrisDuerr That's virtually a home game for Benton, the whole town will show up. IHSA should move the game to a gym in the Metro-East. Alton, Edwardsville, Collinsville, SWIC....they'd get more fans meeting in the middle than playing in Carbondale.

Quattros? 17th Street BBQ? Perhaps both??? Should be a fun Monday in Carbondale...

@KnuppelRodney I haven’t been to a boys or girls state tournament in 8-10 years. Have no desire to go until they change the format.

I hate to be that guy…. But, “casuals” are NOT staying in town all day to see the third place game. Friends and family, sure. Casual community members just aren’t. They many times don’t even come back the next day for third place. And then, outsiders wanting to see basketball DEFINITELY aren’t showing up for two third place games. This is silly

@NestoHoops Yes yes yes

🏀 Nesto's 1A Sectional Proposal 🏀

@JusticeKeene1 @ClementeKid21 Pleasant Plains from 2000-2002 in my opinion is the only IHSA small school team that had a legitimate chance to three peat.

THROWBACK — 25 Years Ago March 6th, 2001. In the Western Hall Super-Sectional, Macomb defeats the #1 state-ranked Pleasant Plains Cardinals 48–46 on a basket by Blake Bainter with three seconds remaining. @ClementeKid21 #WatchBSN 🏀🔥

Played in a trivia night last night and finished 1st out of 48 teams. I am fairly sure we answered more questions correctly than all the other trivia nights I have played in combined!

Western Illinois’ Mia Nicastro ranks fourth nationally in scoring this season, trailing only Mikayla Blakes, Audi Crooks, and Hannah Hidalgo, while averaging (24.4) points per game. Her breakout season has propelled the Leathernecks into first place in the Ohio Valley Conference with four games remaining. The St. Charles native is coming off her fifth 30-point outing of the season, pouring in 37 points in an 84–73 win over Little Rock. The performance also marked her seventh straight game with at least 20 points. ✨